by Karl Denninger
Market-Ticker.org
You’re going to think I’m out of my mind, given my view on the pharmaceutical business (and medical industry in general) — but it’s Valeant.
Certainly, you had an even better entry down under $29, but here’s the case for it: Current year earnings estimates of about $8.50 and next year estimates over $10.
That puts the P/E on current-year estimates at about 4.
A month ago this sort of number was justified given the outrageous execution risk, highlighted by a possible debt default due to failure to file scheduled reports.